>Hometown Girl Makes Good

by Roger Sutton
Apr 11, 2007 | Filed in Articles & Opinion
>Do you read those Seven Impossible Things interviews and think, wow, I wish I could get me one of those? Do like Alvina Ling, who got her start right here as a Horn Book intern!
Roger Sutton
Roger Sutton

Editor Emeritus Roger Sutton was editor in chief of The Horn Book, Inc., from 1996-2021. He was previously editor of The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books and a children's and young adult librarian. He received his MA in library science from the University of Chicago in 1982 and a BA from Pitzer College in 1978.

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Posted : Apr 16, 2007 02:08

Roger Sutton

>Thanks, Jules--Lolly Robinson pointed this out and I think fixed it behind my back because it seems fine now.

Stacy, we remember you fondly, and now we know where all the Princess Sparklepony (tm) bridle-and-ballet-slippers sets went.

Posted : Apr 11, 2007 11:23

stacy

>As a former intern, I have to give a plug for what a great time it is to work with you guys (and take home free books from the no shelf). Definitely one of the points on my resume that looked good to publishing employers, as well.

Posted : Apr 11, 2007 09:51

jules

>Thanks for the link. It's here (your link actually takes readers to my review of I'd Really Like to Eat a Child, which is a profoundly riveting review and all, but they'd probably rather read about Alvina).

Here's to Horn Book interns . . .

Posted : Apr 11, 2007 09:51

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